The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-10
Educational Matters Have Full
Measure of Attention.
Perry Receives 80 Votes; BlOxham
% ON Joint Ballot.
Governor Perry Declines to Exceed Mis- Powers y"
Submitting Questions to the Supreme
Court-c -codhcatioa.

SJecIdI To the Pdidtkd Nslcs
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, May 9.-The un'
usual heat of the weather made the work
of to-day's session particularly hard but
a large amount of business was disposed
of. both houses holding their customary
afternoon session until dark.
Mr.. McMurray presented a petition
from the citizens of jacksonville asking
the massage of a bill to prevent cruelty
to animals.
The special order of the day the bill to
make appropriations for the East Flor
lila Seminary was debated at length and
passed with but two dissenting votes.
The following enrolled bills were
signed by the President and Secretary:
To allow certain challenges of jurors
i'm Justices and County Judges Courts
in civil cases.
To make all moneys and property
of railroad company in the
hands of the officers, employees, and
agents subject to punishment for judg-
ments.
Prescribing the penalty for in
iury to railroad tracks and for placing
obstructions thereon.
To establish a new county (OsceOla),
from portions of Orange and Brevard.
The Senate then concurred in the
House amendments to Senate bill No 10,
prohibiting the issue of passes, ETC., to
delegates to political conventions, etc.
TO N the
House amendments to the joint resolu-
ton for a committee to report as to the
expediency of exchanging the lands OF
the Seminary Fund for State bonds.
House Bill No. IA. to divide Manatee
County and create DeSoto County, was
passed by the Senate; also, Senate Bill
No. 30, to enforce the provisions of Arti-
Gle XIX, of the Constitution. MIR. NAL
I1ry introduced an amendment to Article
XIX
The Senate also passed. the bill
amending the charter and land
grant of the Thomasville, Tallahassee and
Gulf Railroad Company.
The Senate Special Committee on Cor
porations and Land Grants reported IA
vorably ON Senate Bill No. PA to forfeit
the grant of lands to the International
(Gordon) Railroad and the efforts to fix
the time for its consideration as a special
order being unavailing, it was finally
POSTPONED until tomorrow afternoon at
four O'Clock.
THE HOUSE.
Al ~I..kso Ivv
Mitchell. of Leon, introduced yester-
day, providing for a special committee
on the State Prison, was adopted and
the Speaker announced the following
committee: Messrs. Lightsey, Drake,
Spear, Wood and Mitchell.
Among others the following bills were
introduced:
BY Mr.. Johns, to pay Inspectors and
clerks of elections.
BY Mr.. Pelot, to protect food fisheries
and regulate fisheries.
BY MIR. Robinson, to prevent bribery
at elections.
BY Mr.. Crawford, to limit the time for
which notaries public shall be appointed.
BY Mr.. Duncan. of Sumter. a motion
that all bills, after passage on second
reading. shall be referred to the Commit
tee on Revision of Bills. This was
agreed to.
The Speaker and Clerk signed the en-
rolled bill creating Osceola County.
A sTRAIGHTFoRwARD, MANLY ANSWER.
Mr.. Fillingin. Chairman of the COM
- L.,
quest him To procure the opinion of the
Supreme Court Justices ON the subject of
the constitutionality of local and special
legislation passed this session, reported.
The Governor replied that when case
was presented in which he could prop
erly ask such an opinion he would cheer
fully do SO.
Senate Bill No. 80, to divide Monroe
County and create Lee County, and
House Bill No. 135. incorporating the
second reading. and House Bill No. 1888,
amending the law founding the East
and West Florida Seminaries, was or
dered printed.
SENT INTO THE LIMBO OF FoOILSHNESS.
House Bill No. 4s, requiring instruc-
ton in public schools ON physiology and
hygiene with reference to the effect of
alcoholic drinks, was discussed at length
ON second reading and finally indefi
nitely postponed.
THE DAILY BALLOT.
The joint session was held as usual,
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